The role of personal biases in the explanation of confabulation

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 64-94

  Metcalf, Kasey ^a   Langdon, Robyn ^b   Coltheart, Max ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Confabulation; Delusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; DELUSIONS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; REALITY TESTING; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77649331908     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800902767703     Document Type: Article

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